Heilsberg, a town of Prussia, 40 miles S. of Königsberg. It was originally the chief town of Ermeland, one of the old divisions of Poland, and received town rights in 1308. Here the allied Russians and Prussians under Bennigsen defeated the French under Soult and Murat on 10th June 1807. Pop. 5705.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 622
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